(English version below)
Udstilling
Laura Kikauka
THIS SONG IS ABOUT YOU
Henning Christiansen Arkiv
Luffes Gård, Storegade 18D 4780 Stege
udstillingsåbningen lørdag den 25.april kl.14. -17.00.
25.04.- 29.08.2026 Torsdage 12-15 Fredage 12-17 eller Lørdage 12-15
Konsert
Gordon Monahan and Bill Coleman
SOUND OF MIND AND BODY
44Moen
Askeby
Fanefjordgade 44 4792 Askeby
24.04 og 25.04.2026 begge dage kl. 20-22
Festum Fluxorum var arrangeret for første gang i Nikolaj Kirke i 1962 i København.
Henning Christiansen (1932-2008) var en dansk komponist, der boede på Møn fra 1970 til sin død i 2008. Som en del af den internationale kunstbevægelse FLUXUS, var han også en af arrangørerne af Festum Fluxorum.
I 2026, laver Henning Christiansen Arkiv et nyt Festum Fluxorum her på Møn med kunstnere som er stærkt inspireret af FLUXUS. Vi åbner Festum Fluxorum ‘26 med koncert, fredag den 24.april kl. 20.00 og ønsker velkommen til udstillingsåbningen lørdag den 25.april kl.14. -17.00. Vi afslutter med koncert på lørdag den 25. Kl.20.00. Udstillingen i Arkivet varer til udgangen af August.
Laura Kikauka’s værker gennem de sidste 45 år omfatter forskellige medier, herunder stedsspecifikke installationer, blandede medier, elektronisk skulptur, tegning, fotografi, video, performance, musik, tekst og kostume kreationer. Kikauka’s installationer etablerer et meget specifikt visuelt (og ofte lydligt) sprog, der blander de stadig mere overlappende verdener af høje og lave kunstformer.
I udstillingen THIS SONG IS ABOUT YOU ændrer Kikauka en stor samling af “vægkunst” for at formidle en række forskellige budskaber og betydninger. Hun tilegner sig sangtekster fra alle genrer af populær/upopulær sang: klassisk rock, pop, new wave, punk, indie, country, metal, jazz, easy listening. Fra musikalske mistænkte som Abba & Aerosmith til Zappa & ZZTop og de mange musikere imellem. Møn udstillingen vil kombinere uddrag fra dette igangværende projekt samt spontane nye kreationer, der refererer til Henning Christiansens værker.
Gordon Monahans værker for klaver, højttalere, video, kinetisk skulptur og computerstyrede lydmiljøer spænder over forskellige genrer, lige fra avantgarde, koncertmusik til multimedie installationer og lydkunst. Som komponist og lydkunstner sammenstiller han de kvantitative og kvalitative aspekter af naturlige akustiske fænomener med elementer fra medieteknologi, naturlige miljøer, arkitektur, populærkultur og liveoptrædener.
Bill Coleman har danset med Bill T Jones/Arnie Zane Company, Martha Graham Dance Company, Toronto Dance Theatre, Tere O’Connor, Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault, Wiesbaden Ballet og William Douglas Danse. Han samarbejder regelmæssigt med forskellige grupper og fællesskaber om at skabe unikke teaterarrangementer. Han er medstifter af Bill Coleman & His North American Experience og Coleman/Lemieux & Compagnie.
Koncerten SOUND OF MIND AND BODY er et samarbejde mellem Bill Coleman og Gordon Monahan som bruger menneske-til-computer hjernebølge-interface til at manipulere og producere musik, lyd og belysning i realtid, integreret med dans, kropsoptræden og slapstick. Alle de lyde, du vil høre i denne forestilling, er resultatet af enten direkte lydforstærkning af hjernebølger eller af instrumenter, der manipuleres af hjernebølge-styret software i realtid.
SOUND OF MIND AND BODY (Trailer) – YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/H1EDOc_2SPU
Koncert billetter koster 120,- købes via Billetto
Fredag den 24.4 kl 20-22
Billett salg den 24.April Link til Billetto
Lørdag den 25.4 kl. 20-22
Det anbefales og køber på forhånd pga pladsbegrænsning.
Eventet er støttet af Vordingborg Kommune, Art Music Denmark, Dansk Komponist Forening, Knud Højgaards Fond, Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansen Fond
For mer information om Foreningen Henning Christiansen Arkiv:
https://www.facebook.com/HenningChristiansenArchive
Bandcamp
https://henningchristiansen.bandcamp.com/
English version:
FESTUM FLUXORUM 2026
EXHIBITION
Laura Kikauka
THIS SONG IS ABOUT YOU
Henning Christiansen Arkiv
Luffes Gård, Stege
OPENING 25th of April 2pm-5pm
Duration of exhibition: 25th April – 29th August 2026
CONCERT
Gordon Monahan and Bill Coleman
SOUND OF MIND AND BODY
44Møen Fanefjordgade 44 Askeby
24th and 25th of April 2026 8pm-9pm
FESTUM FLUXORUM was first held in 1962 at the Nikolaj Church in Copenhagen. Henning Christiansen (1932-2008) was a Danish composer who lived on the island of Møn from 1970 until his death in 2008. As part of the international art movement FLUXUS, he was also one of the organizers of FESTUM FLUXORUM.
In 2026, Henning Christiansen Arkiv will create a new FESTUM FLUXORUM here on Møn with artists who are strongly inspired by FLUXUS. We will open FESTUM FLUXORUM ‘26 with a concert on Friday, April 24th at 8pm and welcome you to the exhibition opening on Saturday 25th April at 2 -5pm. We will close with a concert on Saturday 25th April at 8pm.
The exhibition in the Archive will run until the end of August.
In the upcoming exhibition THIS SONG IS ABOUT YOU Laura Kikauka combines the aesthetics of both intention and accident. In an act of double-appropriation, she alters a large collection of “wall art” purchases (largely from thrift stores or flea markets) by collaging/drawing/painting excerpts from song lyrics into the paintings/wall art, to convey a variety of messages and meanings. The appropriation of “found paintings” and “found lyrics” makes the original artist and lyricist unwitting collaborators with Kikauka, thus creating a three-way collaborative process. The resulting visual works also pose a game for the viewer, who may often recognize the song lyrics but might be puzzled to name the song from which the lyrics are borrowed.
This exhibition will combine excerpts from her ongoing project as well as spontaneous new creations referencing the oeuvre of Henning Christiansen, who was a personal friend.
Laura Kikauka’s body of work over the past forty-five years encompasses various mediums including site specific installation, mixed media, electronic sculpture, drawing, photography, video, performance, music, text and costume creations. Kikauka’s installations establish a highly specific visual (and often audio) language that blends the increasingly overlapping worlds of high and low art forms. In general Laura’s ‘excessive aesthetic’ is comparable to urban archaeology and addresses issues of consumer culture and the question of good and bad taste. It also celebrates failure in a humorous and ironic manner.
SOUND OF MIND AND BODY is a collaboration by Bill Coleman and Gordon Monahan that uses concepts of human-to-computer brainwave interfacing to manipulate and produce real-time music, sound and lighting, integrated with dance, body performance and slapstick. All of the sounds you will hear in this performance are the result of either direct audio amplification of brainwaves, or of instruments manipulated by brainwave-controlled software in real time. Sometimes the brainwaves are heard directly as they are simply transposed into the audible spectrum; at other times, MIDI note patterns generated by waveform fluctuations of brainwave signals are mapped onto a player piano keyboard; or brainwave signals are amplified into small electric motors that play rhythmic patterns, determined by brainwave fluctuations, on a drum and cymbal as the performer transitions through various levels of mental concentration. At certain times, Monahan harnesses Coleman’s brainwaves to control fluctuations of intensity in the stage lights.
The artists will be available for a question-and-answer session following the performance.
SOUND OF MIND AND BODY (Trailer) :
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/H1EDOc_2SPU
Gordon Monahan’s works for piano, loudspeakers, video, kinetic sculpture, and computer-controlled
sound environments span various genres from avant-garde concert music to multi-media installation and sound art. As a composer and sound artist, he juxtaposes the quantitative and qualitative aspects of natural acoustical phenomena with elements of media technology, natural environments, architecture, popular culture, and live performance.
In addition to creating a significant number of sound installations and sound art performances, Monahan also composes concert music for traditional instruments. The renowned composer John Cage once said, “At the piano, Gordon Monahan produces sounds we haven’t heard before.”
Bill Coleman has danced with Bill T Jones/Arnie Zane Company, Martha Graham Dance Company, Toronto Dance Theatre, Tere O’Connor, Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault, Wiesbaden Ballet, William Douglas Danse. He regularly collaborates with diverse groups and communities in the creation of one-of-a-kind theatrical events. He is the co-founder of Bill Coleman & His North American Experience and Coleman/Lemieux & Compagnie. Bill created Hymn To The Universe with the legendary Sun Ra Arkestra, Inverted Mountains in Banff National Park and OutSideIn, a 3D film
by Anne Troake with Carol Prieur screened at the 2015 Venice Biennale. Bill’s solo work Dollhouse has been presented in Toronto, Hong Kong, Poland, Edinburgh, and across Canada.
Bill received the 2018 Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts.
Concert tickets cost 120,- and are available via billetto here:
Friday the 24.4 8pm-9pm
Billett salg den 24.April Link til Billetto
Saturday the 25.4 8pm-9pm
Seating will be available if required and tickets are also available for sale at the venue. Pre-purchase is highly recommended because of limited space.
This event is supported by Vordingborg Kommune, Art Music Denmark, Danish Composers Association,, Knud Højgaards Fond and Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansen Fond
The Henning Christiansen Association 2026